Here is your one-stop shop for gluten-free cooking and baking. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner — you're covered. In Artisanal Gluten-Free Cooking, Kelli and Peter Bronski give us a collection of recipes that prove beyond a doubt that going gluten-free doesn't mean sacrificing favorite foods or great flavor.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Kelli and Peter Bronski
• Who published it: The Experiment
• Number of recipes: 275
• Recipes for right now: French Toast Casserole, Cinnamon Rolls, Pigs in a Blanket, Meat Lovers' Lasagna, Cider Bacon Chicken, Brussels Sprouts and Tofu Fried Rice, Frosted Sugar Cookies, Coconut Macaroons, Pumpkin Pie, Dessert Crepes
• Other highlights: When suddenly faced with a gluten-free diet, it's easy to feel like your food options have shrunk down to a handful of uninspiring dishes. Kelli and Peter Bronski dismiss that notion entirely, providing recipe after recipe as evidence to the contrary. Not only do they give the anticipated gluten-free versions of breads, cookies, and cakes, but they include dozens of meals and desserts that are naturally gluten-free.
For all of their gluten-free baking recipes, the authors use their favorite all-purpose blend of brown rice flour, sorghum flour, cornstarch, potato starch, potato flour, and xanthan gum. They suggest mixing up a big batch and using this blend for everything from sandwich bread to pie crust.
I also appreciate how the authors point out in each recipe which ingredients need to be double-checked for gluten. Someone who is newly gluten-free or who isn't used to cooking for people on a gluten-free diet wouldn't necessarily think to check things like bacon or chicken broth for gluten. This book helps ease us into the gluten-free mindset when cooking.
• Who would enjoy this book? People on a gluten-free diet, especially people who are new to the diet.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Artisanal Gluten-Free Cooking: 275 Great-Tasting, From-Scratch Recipes from Around the World by Kelli and Peter Bronski
• Visit Kelli and Peter Bronski's website: No Gluten, No Problem
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Bacsac Bacsquare 04...

I'm always looking for that perfect gluten-free flour blend...do they have one, or is it a pre-made blend that they use?!
Lisa, they use their own blend - which is actually available on the Amazon "look inside" preview! (but I copied it for you)
5 cups (625 g) brown rice flower
3 (350 g) sorghum flour
2 2/3 c (360 g) cornstarch
1 c (148 g) potato starch
1/3 cup (56 g) potato flour
1 tbsp + 1 tsp (14 g) xanthan gum
Makes 12 cups
Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Hi Lisa,
I've been a gluten free cook for about 5 years now (my husband is a celiac). Anyway- the gluten free flour thing is always a challenge, especially if you want to eat healthful nutrient rich food. Corn and potato starch are not the best (seriously, have you seen what they do in water? its like a puddle of goo). We also find that xanthan gum causes other not so fun digestive issues, and really who wants that? Anyway- long story short, I have found that I use different flour combos depending on what I am making. I would encourage you to look into light buckwheat flour (despite the name it is gluten free), it has an amazing texture and delicate flavour. I find that if you have some buckwheat in the mix, you don't need to add crazy starches and so on. I don't mess around with corn or potato starch. The most I will add is about 1/4 cup of tapioca starch to a 2 cup total mix of other flours if I am making something that needs to have that soft squishy texture.
Good luck and don't get discouraged!
M
PS: I also like Teff, Quinoa, Brown rice and Sorghum flour, I keep them in mason jars on the counter and mix as I make a recipe.
What makes it artisanal?